A large part of their recent success is the performance of their bullpen. The Razorbacks' relief pitchers have helped the team preserve leads with routine efficiency.

Over the past eight games, Arkansas relievers have allowed only three earned runs in 27 innings. That is the equivalent of a 1.00 earned run average in three full games.

"The bullpen was outstanding," said head coach Dave Van Horn, after the Razorbacks took two games out of three in a weekend series against Kentucky.

"They just came in and got it done, hitter after hitter, inning after inning and gave us a chance to win the first two ballgames."

The eighth inning-ninth inning duo of sophomore left-hander Jalen Beeks and junior righty Colby Suggs combined for five scoreless innings of relief with no hits allowed and five strikeouts in the Hogs' two wins over the weekend.

"They're outstanding," said sophomore infielder/outfielder Brian Andrerson. "They've been outstanding for us all year, and nothing new here. You can point your finger at one play here or one play there, but we've got to put more runs up and help out that bullpen."

The Arkansas pitching staff as a whole leads the nation with the only team ERA of less than two runs (1.78). They also lead the nation in hits allowed per nine innings, and they are third in baserunners per nine innings.

The Razorbacks will host their final series of the regular season starting Friday night against Tennessee. Game times for the weekend series are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. on Friday, 6:05 p.m. on Saturday and 1:05 p.m. on Sunday at Baum Stadium.